End of the world in 2000?

Question

What religion was it that thought the world was going to end at the beginning of 2000?

Apparently there was some guy my dad worked with who saved no money, even for his daughter's college, because he thought Jesus would come back in 2000. I'm thinking it was Jehovah's Witnesses, but I'm not sure.

And please don't turn this into a religious debate. I just want to know the answer to the question. (By the way... if there is more than one religion... details please!)

Yeah, I realize that a lot of the country was freaked out about it.

But there was a specific religion (or more?) that thought Jesus would come back right when we hit 2000.

I'm not asking WHEN the world will end, or WHY it didn't in 2000. I'm a Christian myself and I believe we won't know when it will happen.

Geez people... read the question.

Answer 1

Some fundamentalist Christians believed that the world would end on January 1, 2000. I've heard similar stories, but I don't recall any major denomination officially recognizing the belief. I seem to recall that they were mostly individuals or extremist groups who believed in this.

Answer 2

I think you have the computer bug and Jehovah's Witnesses mixed up because we know that Jehovah God creator of all humans and everything else knows when that time will be not even his Son Jesus
Christ know that day.

(Matthew 24:36-39) Jesus said this: 36 “Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son(Jesus Christ), but only the Father(Jehovah God). 37 For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence (notice here he siad presence, so no one will see him, but he did give signs to let us know he is King in heaven and he is separating the sheeps from the goats today every since 1914) of the Son of man (Jesus) will be. 38 For as they were in those days before the flood, eating and drinking, men marrying and women being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; 39 and they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away, so the presence (so no one will see him) of the Son of man will be.

God's son Jesus did give us signs to mark the time of the end. Matthew 24:3-13(read) and he added this:
Then this good news fo the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to the nations and then the end will come. Matthew 24:14

So we did not say that in the year 2000

Answer 3

Jehovah's Witnesses have never taught that the world will end.

Ecc 1:4 "A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains for ever."

The wicked on the earth will be removed at a time that only Jehovah God knows. Even God's Son Jesus does not know when it will take place.

Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Answer 4

There were people from all sorts of worldviews claiming such. There were a variety of Christian sects claiming it based upont the 2,000 year increment theory. That something major happens every 2 thousand years Jesus died 2,000 years ago so they were waiting for somethign to happen at that time as well.

Has to do with 7 days of creation as well

Day 1 - 6,000 BC
Day 2 - 4,000 BC
Day 3- 2,000 BC
Day 4- Christ's Birth
Day 5- AD 2000
Day 6- AD 4000
Day 7- AD 6000

I know sounds crazy but they will point to biblical events that are supposed to happen or have happened each of those years. People have some weird theories out there.

Answer 5

Not sure, but I know it wasn't Jehovah's Witnesses. I am a Christian, one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

I know ALLOT of people were scared, not just from one faith.

Meanwhile when my grandmother was in the hospital, a religous write in show asked if people should travel to "the holy land" (not sure which Holy Land they mean as several groups have various places they feel holy) for 2000.

The hosts response was that that would be stupid, the end is coming in 2001.

I almost died laughing.

Answer 6

Several different groups thought 2000 was the magic number. When you hear someone predicting the world will end on a certain day, you can bet your bottom dollar they are wrong because we are told it will come when we least expect it. It speaks of a thief in the night, that we would be prepared if we knew the thief was coming. The same is the case of Jesus. No one but God knows.

Answer 7

I am not sure which religion, or which demonimation of what religion, that thought the world would end at the turn of 2000.

Answer 8

No, Jehovah's Witnesses never presented the year 2000 as having any theological significance.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20000622/

Answer 9

i actually don't think it was a religion but a guy or maybe even a couple but it wasn't anyone who believes in the bible cause we know that it is impossible to know the time or day it will happen but we will have signs that is why we need to read our bibles and get the knowledge for ourselves instead of listening to others he also warns us about that so if you want the truth why not read it for your self maybe that way you could help the person who is confused on the info

Answer 10

The JW's have predicted the end of the earth on several occasions including the arrival of Comet Kahoutek. Below is a link of some 40 failed end of the world predictions.